The basis of electronic band structure is the fact that electrons move around the atomic nucleus in orbitals, which have discrete energy levels. When atoms come together to form a solid, electrons can ...

Give an electron energy and it should blast off from a solid.

Dr. Jia-Xin Xiong's research centers on the quantum-mechanical origin of emergent electronic and magnetic properties in crystalline solids. His work combines first-principles density-functional theory ...